Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-02-16
our BISMARCK CORRESPONDENT,
What He Secs and Hears at the
Capital Of Interest to
DakOtians.

BrsNAHcx, Oak, Feb. 10-The dogs Of war
are about 10 be turned loose again. Alarge
lobby il here from Mitchell to resuscitate the
court removal bill, which passed the House,
but is now slumbering IN the hands OF the
ground 10 ex-Chief Justice Edgertcn, who says
be has come ON business before the Supreme
Court, but who acts for all the world liko .
man who wants to SEQ the court removed from
YAnkton to Mitchell The bill will be called
up in : few days
Another measure which will excite much
discussion and which will revive an aggravat-
ing question, Is that introduced in the House
providing for the disbanding Of the Capital
Commission and the acceptance Of the Capital
building by the Territory. The bill makes the
Governor, Secretary and Auditor Of the Terri
tory a commission TO take charged of the build
ing and disburse the money necessary for its
maintenance. 1t also provides for the ap-
praisement Of the 80 acres Of land gwen with
Is expected that the capital removal faction
will oppose this measure, which, il Defeated,
will leave the old Capital Commission empow-
cred to contract debts and expeud money for
the buildings, care and improvement
The House was regsled the other day with
. lecture by Mrs. Packard, the lady who was
placed In an insane asylum in Illinois
because of her religious liberality. She
advocates the passage OF a bill giving
each inmate Of an asylum the right TO
choose one correspondent with whom he may
communicate without having his letters inter
cepted. ! think this bill will pass.
Much discussion was INDUCED in on the bill
defining the crime Of rape and fixing the age
Of consent. The bin, as passed, provides that
The consent Of a girl under IA years Of age
shall not be accepted ~ defense.
A bill IL now before the Council providing that
nn~~s1H -.u,~.-, .Is1l ka~c n Az la.l ~.-h
Of single women, and shall be entitled 10 ap-
pear In court In their own names in all actions
Affecting their rights. In fact, the Legislature
has taken . shift toward the women Of late,
and members are vieing with each other for
popularity among the calico. A woman suf-
rage bill will be introduced this week and
will DO championed in the House by Colonel
Moorc, OF Sully County, the frisky old iron
gray colt Of that body, and in the Council by
Mr.. Smith, Of Yankton. 1t will come very near
passing, and may become q law.
The local option temperance bill has boen
favorably reported, and, with several enthusi-
astic champions In the House, will pass that
body. 1t provides that when 200 voters of .
county petition for a special election upon the
question OF the sale Of liquor, the Commits
sioners shall call the election and q majority
vote shall decide,
The bill placed before the House appropri-
Ating $50, 90 for the purchase Of coed wheat
for farmers whose crops were destroyed by
drought or storms last year is looked upon
with favor and should pass. II there is any
question upon which the Legislature should
be generous, II is that of assisting the farmers
Of the Territory who have been c~ontending with
intriguing corporations, scheming usuer and
designing elements during the past two years
An effort will be made to pass the bill en-
abling . person whose relative or friend has
been lost in o railroad accident to sue for
primitive damages Of $10,GO0
Acfipu Gov Ac(,,rmank hos 1rouu1f Iowyp
upon his head the wrath Of the peopleof Sioux
Falls by vetoing the bill legalizing their cleo
ton at which they voted $4,000 to the Bur-
lington and Western R,ilroad. There are
numerous conflicting opinions as to the pro-
priety or legal soundne-s of the veto, and it is
not certain that the House will emulate the
example Of the Council in passing the bill over
his veto. II it does not. then the citizens of
Sioux Falls who guaranteed the bonds must
shoulder the burden.
The bill for the removal of the United States
Court from Deadwood to Sioux Falls is now
before the Council, and may pass Odds are
against lite passage, however, as the judges of
the Supreme Court, now in the city, have
stated to members that they are not DESTROYS
Of removal.
The bill for the location Of the Soldiers
Home at Hot Springs will be taken up In q day
or two, and although 1t may pass the House,
under the urgent demands Of the Black Hills
members, l fear IL viii never become q law.
The interest now centers in the question of
appointments. Gov. Church has returned
from Huron and taken the oath of Office. On
to-day's train came q horde Of the pap-hunt-
ers, and the number now in tho city, grasping
for place, exceeds that of any previous session
in the history Of the Territory.
Among those now on the ground are Abe
Boynton OF Lennon, l. g. johnson Of Ordway,
Frank Wilson Of Pembina, Capt Griggs OF
Grand Forks, and Joseph Hare Of Bismarck,
all after q Railroad Commiss;onership, for
which place there are 500 applican,s. Budd
Reeve IL strongly endorsed for the Office of
Treasurer, and is not here for his health. NJ. II.
Day, who made such a gallant run for Con-
gress last fall, is here on a lively trot after the
Teri itorial Authorship, and nearly all agree
that he is entitled to recognition. Judge Ben
net, of Bottineau is q candidate for Commits
sioner Of Immigration, with good support
For Attorney General. Kirk Windsor, Of Sioux
Falls, John h Wilson. Major McGindley, OF
MAndan, and Judge Pratt, Of Grand Forks, are
all leading candidates.
IRA SWAIN,